- Date
- September 30, 1978
- Place
- Sun River, OR · SUN RIVER, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N27279Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780930033069A
- Case key
- 143927
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3106 78/9/30 SUN RIVER,OR PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 244 TIME - 1330 N27279 PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 194 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUN RIVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENTON,WA SUN RIVER,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 57 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- GUSTING TO 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27279
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sun River
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.